Miss Pennsylvania USA & Teen USA 2017 will be crowned on Sunday at 2pm, completing the Pageant Associates class of 2017 (WV/IN/CT/VT/PA). Unfortunately there is no webcast, but the Pageant Associates facebook page is always great at posting updates! The 60 contestants in the Miss division is the highest since 2011 and second highest since 2008. The Teen competition has increased 16 on the low of 11 they had last year but is still a far cry from the average of 50 in recent years - and in 2007 there were 189!

In the Miss division, Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2011 Madison Longstreth is competing in Miss for the first time and will be hoping to experience the crowning moment she missed as a Teen - she was originally first runner-up but assumed the title after the winner resigned the next day and then went on to make the top fifteen at Miss Teen USA 2011!

Three-time runner-up Cassandra Angst is the only contestant returning from last year's top five (Antonia Gore competed in Maryland). Two of last year's Teen runners-up have moved up to the Miss competition though, 2016 second runner-up/2015 first runner-up Alyssa Andersen and fourth runner-up Robin Stoner. They are just two of a number of number of other former Teen runners-up competing, including three-time first runner-up (2012-2014) Alex Taylor, 2014 fourth runner-up Brielle Corriente, 2010 second runner-up Julia Pauline.

Contestant commentaries are back! Apologies for missing hte last pageant weekend, unfortunately other committments intrfered with my ability to get them up. Miss California USA & Teen USA 2017 will be crowned this weekend in Long Beach. The pageant is webcast at www.pageantvision.com.

In the Miss comptition, Miss CA Teen USA 2012 Alexa Jones has returned to compete in her home state after three years competing in Arizona. Miss WA Teen USA 2013 Imani Bentham, who is a performer at Disneyland, is competing in her first Miss pageant and will be hoping to join her predecessor Alex Carlson-Helo, now Miss WA USA 2017, at Miss USA.

Three of last year's runners-up, Catherine Watters (1RU), Lauren Smolka (2RU) and Carolina Urrea (4RU) are all back, as are two 2015 runners-up who did not compete last year, 2RU Brittany Payne and 3RU Shelbi Buchholz. In the interim, Brittany competed at Miss Earth and placed second runner-up. 2011 runner-up Coco Hunter, a semi-finalist the last three times she has competed, is also back.

There are a ton of contestants who have moved up from the Teen division and are competing in their first Miss event. They include 2016 Teen 3RU Kaylee Fuller and semi-finalists Brooklyn Lowery, Montana Yao and Juliette Weaver; two-time Nevada Teen RU Jada Clark (most recently 1RU in 2016, but she started her pageant career in California); 2015 contestants Caitlin Dahlin and Toneata Morgan (a 3-time runner-up) and 2014 semi-finalists Emily Delgado and McKenzie Seagren. 2013 runner-up Charli Burnett is competing in Miss for the second time, that top five included Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf, her successor as Miss CA Teen USA Chloe Hatfield, and current Miss CA USA Nadia Mejia. There are also a number of non-finalists from these teen years who have moved up to Miss.

In CA there are always a number of contestants from other states. This year in addition to Imani and Jada there are a couple from Texas, two from Hawaii, one from Ohio and one from Idaho.

There is the highest number of contestatns in the Teen division since 2013. The only runner-up returning is 2016 second runner-up Jessica Duhay. There are plenty of returning semi-finalists: Arlene Serna, Riley Hunsucker, Lauren Dorn, Janella Garcia, Giselle Cabebe, and Erin Graham,.

Miss Vermont USA & Teen USA 2017 will be held in Stowe this weekend, with prelims at 8pm on Saturday and finals at 2pm on Sunday. There are 14 more Miss contestants this year than last year - from 6 to 20. This is the highest number since 2013 and there has been a 50% increase in the number of contestants compared to the previous three years. Teen numbers are up one compared to last year.

Miss Vermont Teen USA 2014 Madison Cota has returned and will be the first former Vermont teen to compete at Miss Vermont USA since 2011 - the most recent three former VT Teens have all competed in other states: Sydney Perry (2008) won Miss NC USA 2012, Olivia Hubbard (2007) competed in New Hampshire and Brittany Kelemen (2009) in California in 2015. Only three Miss VT Teen USAs have ever competed at Miss USA: Sydney, Christy Beltrami (1987) and Jennifer Ripley (1999). (Click here to view the history of VT Teens competing in Miss)

Due to the small number of contestants there were only two runners-up in each division last year. In Miss, both are returning. 2016 first runner-up Karly Fereday was also a semi-finalist in 2015 while second runner-up Joanna Nagle was competing for the first time. Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2010 Erin Connor, who was second runner-up at Miss Vermont Teen USA 2013 (Madison Cota was also competing that year), is competing in Miss for the first time.

Four contestants have competed elsewhere: Daniella Doolen in New Hampshire, Lexia Gillette in Massachusetts, Maia-Jean Allo in Arizona (she was a semi-finalist in the Teen pageant last year) and Alyssa Sopenasky at Miss FL Teen USA 2007.

In the Teen competition, the only returning contestant is 2016 and 2015 second runner-up Kelsey Golonka​.

Miss Utah USA & Teen USA 2017 finals start at 4.30pm MST on Saturday and will be webcast at www.pageantvision.com. Miss contestants can be viewed here and Teen here. Miss numbers are down one and Teen up six, but overall there are still almost 30 contestants fewer overall than in 2015 and this is their third lowest year since 2007.

Three of last year's runners-up, first runner-up Baylee Jensen (daughter of Miss USA 1989 Gretchen Polhemus Jensen), second runner-up Narine Ishanov and fourth runner-up Leia Sergakis are back, and the fourth (3RU Riley Copans) is competing in Virginia this same weekend. Three-time runner-up Dani Braun who last competed in 2015 has returned, as has Victoria Lynn who also a semi-finalist in 2015 and was a Teen runner-up in 2013 & 2014. Other returning semi-finalists are Cortni Beers (2016) and Ciearra Everill (Teen 2015) - Ciearra's sister Gentry was a semi-finalist in 2015 and a three-time Congeniality winner.

The past eight Miss winners have all been past runners-up and/or Teen winners, and four had been a runner-up more than once.

In Teen there are two sisters of former Miss Utah USAs - Lesya Feinstein, sister of Kate who was Miss UT Teen USA 2008 & Miss Utah USA 2010 and Rachel Bell, last year's Teen first runner-up and sister of Kendyl who was Miss Utah USA 2012. In addition to Rachel, Madilen Kellogg, second runner-up last year, is the only other returning Teen runner-up. Past semi-finalists who are back are Brooklyn Lang and Madison Baldwin from 2016 and Maddie Jonely from 2014.

The South Carolina pageants are also on Saturday night, starting at 7.30 EST and webcast at www.pageantlive.com. Miss contestants are posted here and Teen is here.

Who will join the South Carolina sisterhood??!!

In the Miss pageant, 2016 first runner-upMegan Gordon and second runner-up Caitlin Russell are both back and are the only returning runners-up from last year. Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2011 Keyla Childs is back after last competing in 2014 when she placed third runner-up in her first attempt at the Miss title. Haley Spathias, who was a runner-up at Miss AR Teen USA 2012 after twice competing in Texas is competing in her first Miss pageant and her first in South Carolina.

​Miss Georgia USA & Teen USA 2017 will be crowned on Saturday, with Teen finals starting at 3pm and Miss finals commencing at 7.30pm, both webcast at http://www.pageantvision.com. Contestant photos can be found here - in total there are almost 30 more than last year.

The new titleholders will have big heels to fill after Miss GA USA 2016 Emanii Davis placed second runner-up at Miss USA and Miss GA Teen USA Bentley Wright was a semi-finalist at Miss Teen USA!

Miss Missouri Teen USA 2013 Bren Smith-Lezama, who was also a semi-finalist at Miss Teen USA, has returned to her home state to compete for the Miss title. She was a runner-up at Miss Georgia Teen USA 2012 before heading to Missouri for college.

There is only one returning 2016 runner-up in each competition. In Miss, second runner-up Mackenzie Blair-Griffith, (who was also fourth runner-up at Miss GA Teen USA 2015) is back and in Teen, first runner-up Karsyn Pennington is returning (second runner-up Kelly Hutchison made the top 10 at Miss AL USA a couple of weekends ago). Kayla Booth, a Miss semi-finalist last year and fourth runner-up at Miss GA USA 2015 is the only other runner-up back in Miss. Three-time Florida Teen semi-finalist Olivia Caputo has moved to GA and is competing in her first Miss pageant.

Both prelims and finals for Miss Washington USA & Teen USA 2017 are on Sunday, with prelims at 12pm and finals at 3pm - quite ambitious for a pageant with 65 combined contestants! Miss contestant photos are posted here and Teen phtoos are here.

Washington is the only state left that has never crowned a former Teen USA state titleholder and it's rare for any to even compete - the most recent were Miss CA Teen USA 2010 Emma Baker who was a runner-up in 2014 and Miss WA Teen USA 2008 Mandy Schendel who was second runner-up in 2012 before going on to win Miss Washington and place at the top ten at Miss America. This year there are two former Teens back! Alex Carlson-Helo was Miss Washington Teen USA 2012 and would complete the impressive accomplishment of winning both titles on her first attempt were she to break the record; the other is Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 2010 Morgan Lucas who recently moved to Washington to study medicine. Morgan has already broken a record - as far as I am aware - or come very close to it, for competing in five different states. She started her pageant career at Miss FL Teen USA before winning the New Hampshire title, and has competed in Massachusetts and New York as a Miss contestant.

The only returning runner-up of the three left after last year's first runner-up Kelsey Schmidt assumed the Miss WA USA title is third runner-up Chael Stenchever. Geraldine Lirio was a semi-finalist last year and a runner-up in 2015. Three-time runner-up (four including Teen) Evelyn Clark is back competing in Washington after placing third runner-up in Oregon last year and past Idaho runner-up Christine Serb is competing in Washington for the first time, she most recently competed in California in 2015. Brenna Aguilar also has past experience in another state, she has competed a number of times in North Carolina.

In the Teen competition first runner-up Noelle Tapang, third runner-up Taylor Mann and fourth runner-up Sylvia Coulson are all back. Four of last year's semi-finalists, Carley Surina, Jesi Williams​, Kathleen Crosby and Swarathmika Kakivayaand one from 2015, Kasey Hobson are competing again. Summer Keffeler is the sister of Stormy Keffeler who won last year's Miss WA USA title and was forced to resign in January.

Miss Connecticut USA & Teen USA 2017 will be crowned tomorrow, with the final competition starting at 2pm. Connecticut will farewell Miss CT USA Tiffany Teixiera and Miss CT Teen USA Katy Brown- Tiffany made the top ten at Miss USA and is only the fourth from her state to make the cut at Miss USA since 1969!

Three runners-up from last year are returning, two of whom are former Teens: Miss CT Teen USA 2011 Samantha Sojka was first runner-up last year and fourth runner-up in 2015 and Miss CT Teen USA 2007 Olga Litvinenko was foruth runner-up after competing four years in New York. The third is 2016 semi-finalist Dalila May who has returned thanks to the age limit increase. Miss Connecticut USA 2013 third runner-up Fiona White, who was in the top five that year alongside Tiffany and future Miss USA Erin Brady, is competing for the first time in four years.

Brianna Munoz, who started her USA pageant career placing fourth runner-up at Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 2007 and second runner-up in 2008, is competing in Connecticut for the second time. She, Samantha Lusniak, Hillary Scoville and Elizabeth Wolanin are returning semi-finalists.

As with last year there are only nine contestants in the Teen pageant. Only one has returned from last year, third runner-up Alexandria Palmer - although 2016 second runner-up Meera Gupta competed in Indiana this year and placed first runner-up. 2014 semi-finalist and Congeniality winner Celina Chapman is back for the first time since then. Three-time New York contestant Lana Coffey is competing in Connecticut for the first time, as is Brynn Slicer whose only other year competing was at Miss DE Teen USA 2013 when she was only 14.

Miss Nevada USA & Teen USA 2017 will be crowned on Sunday at 7pm! Contestants are posted here. Overall contestant numbers are down on recent years but have increased since 2007-2009.​Six of the last ten Miss Nevada USA winners had previously competed in the MUO system (either Miss or Teen) and one was a former Miss NV (America). Five had competed in another state: Sarah Chapman (2011), Nia Sanchez (2014) and Brittany McGowan (2015) in California (all made the top five there once), Veronica Grabowski (2008) in Texas and outgoing Miss NV USA Emmy Adams in Arizona.

In the Miss competition, the two most experienced contestants also both started their pageant career in California. Susan Romanishin was second runner-up last year and a semi-finalist in 2014 & 2015. She competed in California in 2011 and 2012 and would be the seventh of the Miss CA USA 2011 top twenty to compete at Miss USA, joining recently crowned Miss AZ USA Tommy Lynn Calhoun. Lauren York will be competing in Nevada for the first time. Her most successful year in California was 2014, when she placed fourth runner-up. She was a semi-finalist the past two years and competed with reigning Miss California USA Nadia Mejia at Miss CA Teen USA 2012.

Two more of last year's runners-up are also returning. First runner-up, Miss NV Teen USA 2013 Amanda Jenkins, will be vying to be the first former Teen to win since photographer extraordinaire Georgina Vaughan in 2009. Kimberly Andres has been fourth runner-up the past two years (would be the second 2 x fourth runner-up to win this weekend!) and was a non-finalist in 2013 & 2014. Miss Nevada Teen USA 2010 first runner-up Cory Bradley is competing for the first time since 2014, when she made the top twenty in her first Miss pageant.

In the Teen pageant pageant two-time runners-up Paris Regan and Kami Deike are both back. Returning semi-finalists Lluvia Botello, Allison Garcia, and Alexis Smith. There's a former California contestants in the Teen pageant as well - Jalynn Santos was a non-finalist at Miss CA Teen USA 2015, the second non-finalist from that pageant to compete in as many weeks (Paige Knight was 2RU at Miss Hawaii Teen USA last weekend).

Miss Ohio USA & Teen USA 2017 will be crowned Saturday night at 5pm (prelims were Friday night). There are 53 contestants in the Miss competition and XXX in Teen, similar to last year and one of the larger state pageants nationally.

In the Miss competition, all four runners-up from last year are returning: first runner-up Taylor Diazmercado, second runner-up Courtney Rea, third runner-up Caity Jackson and fourth runner-up Dinaleigh Baxter. Courtney and Dinaleigh were also runners-up in 2015 and Caity was third runner-up at Miss Ohio Teen USA 2011. Two-time Teen first runner-up Amanda Giroux (2014 and 2015) will be competing in the Miss pageant for the first time. Returning semi-finalists are Stephanie Miranda (also last year's Photogenic winner), Sarah Bell, Mackenzie Rachlow (Teen 2015) and Jenna Jacobs (Teen 2014).

The last three Ohio winners had all been previous runners-up, and both Madison and Megan had also been Teen runners-up at the start of their pageant careers. Last year all the Miss top five finalists had competed previously, as had four of the 2015 top five.